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WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Cotton Gin invented
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States of America in 1793 by Eli Whitney -
XYZ Affair
a confrontation between the United States and Republican France that led to an undeclared war called the Quasi-War. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Adams-Onis Treaty
also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, the Florida Purchase Treaty, or the Florida Treaty, was a treaty between the United States and Spain -
Missouri Compromise
an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Monroe Doctrine
a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823 -
Indian Removal Act
The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
The Battle of the Alamo
The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. -
Texas Claims Independence
Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.” -
Trail of Tears
Part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklah -
Texas annexed to U.S.
U.S. President James K. Polk oversaw the greatest territorial expansion of the United States to date. -
Mexican-American War
The war was initiated by Mexico and resulted in Mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north. -
Agreement of 49th Parallel
the United States sign the Treaty of Oregon establishing the 49th parallel as the primary international boundary in the Pacific Northwes -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
O9fficially entitled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic -
California becomes a state
California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles -
Gadsden Purchase
Southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders
